The most comprehensive tribute to the genius and art of Samuil Feinberg, one of the greatest interpreters of Bach. His rendition of the Well-Tempered Clavier remains unsurpassed to this day His innovative art will appeal to listeners who are connoisseurs and to classical music lovers who desire to discover a fresh and unusual, rather than traditional, approach to interpretation Feinberg’s performances are the most wonderful examples of pianistic virtuosity and inventiveness, which never leave his audience unsatisfied Victor Bunin said: “The sincerity of his noble service to the Art was the most natural state for Feinberg…He never allowed himself any compromises to the ‘average taste’ of the audience, and there was no arrogance or snobbery in that. That is perhaps one of the reasons for the everlasting freshness of his art.”

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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
The Well-Tempered Clavier
Book I, 1-12
BWV 846-857
1958/1959(1961)
2
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
The Well-Tempered Clavier
Book I, 13-24
BWV 858-869
1958/1959(1961)
3
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
The Well-Tempered Clavier
Book II, 1-12
BWV 870-881
1958/1959(1961)
4
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
The Well-Tempered Clavier
Book II, 13-24
BWV 882-893
1958/1959(1961)

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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
Largo from Sonata for organ in C major, BWV 529
13 October 1962 [stereo]
Toccata in D, BWV 912
1961 [stereo]
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
1948
Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr', BWV 662
22 September 1952
Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr', BWV 662
4 October 1962 [stereo]
Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 647
Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr', BWV 663
13 October 1962 [stereo]
Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr', BWV 711
2 June 1952
Concerto in A minor after Vivaldi, BWV 593
1st mov.: Allegro
Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr', BWV 711
1927/1929
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 "The Wedge"
1948
Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr', BWV 662
22 September 1952
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 "The Wedge"
1962 [stereo]
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904
1961 [stereo]
Partita No.1 in B flat major, BWV 825
1962
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 [arr. Liszt]
1950s
Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 884
Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 888
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 889
1939 [?]
Aria variata alla maniera italiana, BWV 989
1961

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ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
from Album für die Jugend, Op.68
Pt. 1 "Für Kleinere"
No.6, Armes Waisenkind (The poor orphan)
No.7, Jägerliedchen (Hunting song)
No.8, Wilder Reiter (The wild rider)
No.9, Volksliedchen (Folk song)
No.10, Fröhlicher Landmann, von der Arbeit
zurückkehrend (The Merry peasant)
No.11, Sicilianisch (Sicilienne)
No.12, Knecht Ruprecht (Santa Claus)
No.13, Mai, lieber Mai, Bald bist du wieder da!
(May, dear May)
No.16, Erster Verlust (First loss)
No.17, Kleiner Morgenwanderer
(Little morning wanderer)
No.18, Schnitterliedchen (The reaper's song)
from Album für die Jugend, Op.68
Pt. 2 "Für Erwachsenere"
No.19, Kleine Romanze (Little romance)
No.23, Reiterstück (The horseman)
No.24, Ernteliedchen (Harvest song)
No.25, Nachklänge aus dem Theater
(Echoes from the theatre)
No.29, Fremder Mann (Foreign man)
No.30, Untitled
No.32, Sheherazade
No.35, Mignon
No.36, Lied italienischer Marinari
(Italian mariners' song)
No.37, Matrosenlied
No.38, Winterzeit I (Wintertime I)
No.39, Winterzeit II (Wintertime II)
1953
Waldszenen, Op.82
No.1, Eintritt (Entry)
No.2, Jäger auf der Lauer (Hunters on the lookout)
No.3, Einsame Blumen (Lonely flowers)
No.4, Verrufene Stelle (Haunted place)
No.5, Freundliche Landschaft (Friendly landscape)
No.6, Herberge (Wayside inn)
No.7, Vogel als Prophet (Bird as prophet)
No.8, Jagdlied (Hunting song)
No.9, Abschied (Farewell)
1950

Five Symphonies
IX. in F minor, BWV 795
II. in C minor, BWV 788
XII. in A major, BWV 798
XV. in B minor, BWV 801
V. in E flat major, BWV 791
1950 [Feinberg's home recording on Bechstein piano]
Sinfonia XII in A major, BWV 798
1950s
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ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Humoreske in B flat major, Op.20
Allegro in B minor, Op.8
1953
FRÉDÉRIC FRANÇOIS CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Tarantelle in A flat major, Op.43
Mazurka in A minor, Op.59 No.1
Mazurka in A flat major, Op.59 No.2
Mazurka in F sharp minor, Op.59 No.3
1953
Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
22 September 1952
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
from Waldszenen
No.8, Jagdlied (Hunting song)
No.7, Vogel als Prophet (Bird as prophet)
1939
FRÉDÉRIC FRANÇOIS CHOPIN (1810-1849)
from 24 Preludes, Op.28
No.10 in C sharp minor
No.11 in B major
No.12 in G sharp minor
1950s
No.1 in C major
No.3 in G major
No.5 in D major
No.8 in F sharp minor
Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
1952

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FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)
from Consolations, S.172
No.1 Andante con moto
No.2 Un poco più mosso
No.4 Quasi Adagio
1950
No.5 Andantino
No.6 Allegretto sempre cantabile
1939
Mephisto Waltz No.1, S.514
1953
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Sonata No.30 in E major, Op.109
1953
Sonata No.19 in G minor, Op.49-I
Sonata No.20 in G major, Op.49-II
1956
Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57 "Appassionata"
1939/1946 [?]
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Sonata No.4 in E flat major, Op.7
Sonata No.11 in B flat major, Op.22
1960
SERGEI VASILYEVICH RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)
Preludes Op.23, No.1, No.3, No.7, No.8
Etude tableau Op.39, No.9
1950
11
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
Sonata in E flat major, K282
1 October 1953
Sonata in D major, K576
26 July 1952
Prelude (Fantasy) and Fugue in C major, K394
12 Variations on an Allegretto in B flat major, K500
17 May 1951
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op. posth. 80
1955

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ALEXANDER NIKOLAYEVICH SCRIABIN (1872-1915)
Ten Mazurkas, Op.3
Nine Mazurkas, Op.25
1952 [?]
SAMUIL YEVGENYEVICH FEINBERG (1890-1962)
Suite (Four Etudes) No.1, Op.11
(dedicated to A. Goldenweiser, 1923)
1929
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ALEXANDER NIKOLAYEVICH SCRIABIN (1872-1915)
Piano Sonata No.5, Op.53
22 January 1948 [live]
Mazurkas Op.40 Nos.1 and No.2
Mazurkas Op.3 No.9 and No.6
6 July 1948
Mazurka Op.25 No.3 in E minor
2 February 1960 [live in Moscow]
Mazurka Op.25 No.7 in F sharp minor
1953
Mazurka Oр.25 No.8 in B major
1952
Sonata No.4 in F sharp major, Op.30
1939
Quatre Morceaux, Op.51
1947
Etude Op.42, No.3
Fragilité (from Quatre Morceaux, Op.51)
1929
SAMUIL YEVGENYEVICH FEINBERG (1890-1962)
Fantasia No.1, Op.5
1950s [Feinberg's home recording on Bechstein piano]
Two Chuvash Melodies, Op.24a
No.1 Lullaby
No.2 Chuvash Melody
Three Melodies, Op.27a
No.1 Georgian Song
No.2 Tatar Song
No.3 Armenian Song
1 January 1952
Humoresque, Ор.19
30 March 1957
Sonata No.1, Op.1 (1915) (Version 2)
1950s [Feinberg's home recording on Bechstein piano]

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SAMUIL YEVGENYEVICH FEINBERG (1890-1962)
Concerto for piano and orchestra No.2, Op.36
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Dir. Nikolai Anosov
1946
Sonata No.12, Op.48 (1962)
1950s [Feinberg's home recording on Bechstein piano]
Suite for piano No.2, Op.25
4 June 1939
Sonata No.1, Op.1 (1915) (Version 1)
Sonata No.2, Op.2 (1915-16)
1950s [Feinberg's home recording on Bechstein piano]
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SAMUIL YEVGENYEVICH FEINBERG (1890-1962)
from Piano Concerto No.2 In D major, Op.36
II. Andante
IV. Allegretto con brio
The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Dir. Yuri Silantiev
18 June 1960 [live]
ANATOLY KONSTANTINOVICH LYADOV (1855-1914)
Idylle, Op.25
1947
ALEXEI VLADIMIROVICH STANCHINSKY (1888-1914)
Prelude in the form of a Canon, No.2. in G major
1929
ANATOLY NIKOLAYEVICH ALEXANDROV (1888-1982)
Nocturne in A major, Op.3 No.1
Waltz in A minor, Op.3 No.2
8 September 1952
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
from Das wohltemperierte Klavier, Book II
Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C major, BWV 870
Prelude and Fugue No.2 in C minor, BWV 871
Prelude and Fugue No.3 in C sharp major, BWV 872
Prelude and Fugue No.4 in C sharp minor, BWV 873
Prelude and Fugue No.5 in D major, BWV 874
October 1950
SAMUIL YEVGENYEVICH FEINBERG (1890-1962)
Sonata No.9, Op.29 (1939)
1950s [Feinberg's home recording on Bechstein piano]